8.5M tech-voc expected enrollees by the end of 2016

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) disclosed that it is targeting the enrollment of 8.5 million people in various technical vocational courses by the end of 2016.

TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva disclosed that TESDA is hoping that 8,487,070 people would have been enrolled by the end of 2016. He said TESDA aims to have 7,715,610 students or 90 percent finishing their courses.

Villanueva said the target number was identified as part of the third cycle of the National Technical Education and Skills Development Plan (NTESDP) covering the period 2011 to 2016, the last year of President Benigno S. Aquino III’s term.

Villanueva said the development plan aims to provide alternative, yet relative education, especially to those who could not afford to go to college due to expensive tuition.

He added that the target could easily be achieved as TESDA continues to aggressively promote the assessment and certification program among its graduates and workers, returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), and students.

“TVET will churn out the 21st century Filipino skilled workers, who are competent, employable, productive, and flexible to the changing requirements of the industry and the labor markets, locally and overseas,“ the TESDA head said.

Villanueva stressed that the number of enrolees is projected to increase every year starting with 1.1 million in 2011, 1,210,000 in 2012, 1,331,000 in 2013, 1,464,000 in 2014, 1,610,510 in 2015, and 1,771,560 in 2016. (Francis T. Wakefield)

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